Global Patent Index - EP 2116509 A4

EP 2116509 A4 20110413 - HYDROGEN PRODUCING APPARATUS, ITS DRIVING METHOD, AND FUEL-CELL SYSTEM

Title (en)

HYDROGEN PRODUCING APPARATUS, ITS DRIVING METHOD, AND FUEL-CELL SYSTEM

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG ZUR WASSERSTOFFPRODUKTION, ANTRIEBSVERFAHREN DAFÜR UND BRENNSTOFFZELLENSYSTEM DAMIT

Title (fr)

APPAREIL DE PRODUCTION D'HYDROGÈNE, SON PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE ET SYSTÈME DE PILE À COMBUSTIBLE

Publication

EP 2116509 A4 20110413 (EN)

Application

EP 08720292 A 20080228

Priority

  • JP 2008000378 W 20080228
  • JP 2007051004 A 20070301

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2116509A1] A hydrogen generator includes: a reformer (1) configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas from a material gas; a combustor (2) configured to heat the reformer (1); a first gas supplying passage through which a gas discharged from the reformer (1) is supplied to the combustor (2) or a second gas supplying passage through which the material gas is supplied to the combustor (2); an ignitor (4) configured to carry out an ignition operation in the combustor (2); a pressure increasing device (17) configured to increase pressure of the material gas supplied to the reformer (1) or the combustor (2); a flow rate control valve (18) configured to control a flow rate of the material gas supplied to the reformer (1) or the combustor (2); and a controller (25), and in an ignition operation period of the ignitor (4), the controller (25) causes the pressure increasing device (17) to operate to supply the material gas to the combustor (2), and causes an opening degree of the flow rate control valve (18) to increase from an initial opening degree Us to a target opening degree Uc corresponding to a target material flow rate in the ignition operation period, the initial opening degree Us being smaller than the target opening degree Uc.

IPC 8 full level

C01B 3/38 (2006.01); H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

C01B 3/384 (2013.01 - EP US); C01B 3/48 (2013.01 - EP US); H01M 8/04776 (2013.01 - EP US); H01M 8/04955 (2013.01 - EP US); H01M 8/0618 (2013.01 - EP US); H01M 8/0631 (2013.01 - EP US); C01B 2203/0233 (2013.01 - EP US); C01B 2203/0283 (2013.01 - EP US); C01B 2203/044 (2013.01 - EP US); C01B 2203/047 (2013.01 - EP US); C01B 2203/066 (2013.01 - EP US); C01B 2203/0811 (2013.01 - EP US); C01B 2203/0822 (2013.01 - EP US); C01B 2203/0827 (2013.01 - EP US); C01B 2203/1241 (2013.01 - EP US); C01B 2203/1604 (2013.01 - EP US); C01B 2203/169 (2013.01 - EP US); C01B 2203/1695 (2013.01 - EP US); H01M 8/04022 (2013.01 - EP US); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01 - EP); Y02P 20/10 (2015.11 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2116509 A1 20091111; EP 2116509 A4 20110413; EP 2116509 B1 20120829; CN 101541670 A 20090923; CN 101541670 B 20120530; JP 5204757 B2 20130605; JP WO2008108069 A1 20100610; US 2010074838 A1 20100325; WO 2008108069 A1 20080912

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 08720292 A 20080228; CN 200880000650 A 20080228; JP 2008000378 W 20080228; JP 2009502449 A 20080228; US 52730608 A 20080228